Empress Joséphine
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Empress JoséphineGabriel Vital Dubray

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This marble statue (1865) honors Napoleon’s first wife, celebrated for her elegance, influence, and tragic romance. Erected in Rueil-Malmaison where she lived after their divorce, it immortalizes her complex legacy—at once a symbol of imperial grace and a contested figure of colonial memory.